![]() ![]() Simon Thompson, Seen and Heard International, 19 August 2022 If an artist can make you think that then they have done pretty well.” I shed a tear several times in listening, and by the end I was wondering whether Winterreise might be the greatest work of art ever created by anyone ever. Under his fingers the piano was very much another actor in the drama, and countless touches showed how deeply he had thought about his role in the cycle, such as the chromatic edge of bite to the March rhythm of Gute Nacht, or the way that, in Letzte Hoffnung, the piano line sounds as expressionistic as Webern.īoth men seemed deeply moved by the strength of the ovation at the end, all of it deserved. “None of which is to undersell the role of Malcolm Martineau. Far better to simply hide away in a darkened room.”ĭavid Kettle, The Scotsman, 19 August 2022 ***** ![]() ![]() It was an extraordinarily intense, vividly characterised account, one it almost felt inappropriate to applaud, let alone contemplate a return outside to the festival madness. “Edinburgh-born pianist Malcolm Martineau was as compelling a presence, and very much an equal partner in Boesch’s futile wanderings, at times violent and percussive, at others nearly reaching silence and stasis. Keith Bruce, The Herald, 21 August 2022 ***** “There is nothing that would have been appropriate to follow what was a masterclass in the delivery of art song – and what many would regard as the pinnacle of art song at that, the most perfect cycle from the pen of the finest composer…Martineau, the most attentive of accompanists, so sensitive to small gradations in phrasing and pace. This was a partnership of musicians at the peak of their game, sometimes moving immediately to the next chapter of the story, sometimes pausing to shift gear.” ![]() Other notable recordings include Schubert, Schumann and English songs with Sir Bryn Terfel, Schubert and Strauss with Sir Simon Keenlyside, Schumann and Brahms Lieder with Elīna Garanča, Schubert cycles with Florian Boesch and recital recordings with Barbara Bonney, Dame Sarah Connolly, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Christiane Karg, Magdalena Kožena, Angelika Kirchschlager, Dame Ann Murray, Thomas Oliemans, Dorothea Röschmann and Anne Schwanewilms. He has also performed at the world’s most important festivals including Aix-en-Provence, Baden Baden, Edinburgh, Ravinia, Salzburg, Schubertiade, Tanglewood and Verbier.Īs a prolific recording artist, Martineau’s discography of over 100 CDs includes the following Award-winning recordings: The Vagabond with Sir Bryn Terfel (Gramophone Award), Songs of War with Sir Simon Keenlyside (Grammy and Gramophone Awards), Schumann and Mahler Lieder with Florian Boesch (BBC Music Magazine Award), Mahler Lieder with Christiane Karg (Diapason d’or), El Nour with Fatma Said (Gramophone Award). He has appeared at the world’s principal venues including Alice Tully Hall, Barbican Centre, Berlin State Opera, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Gran Theatre del Liceu, Mariinsky Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, Munich Opera, Paris Opera and Salle Gaveau, Royal Opera House, La Scala, Sydney Opera House, Teatro Real, Salzburg Mozarteum, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, Musikverein and State Opera, Walt Disney Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Zurich Opera amongst others. Recognised at the highest international level as one of the UK’s leading accompanists, he has performed worldwide alongside the world’s greatest singers including John Mark Ainsley, Sir Thomas Allen, Lorna Anderson, Dame Janet Baker, Florian Boesch, Barbara Bonney, Dame Sarah Connolly, Sasha Cooke, Lucy Crowe, Mojca Erdmann, Christina Gansch, Elīna Garanča, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Hasselhorn, Christiane Karg, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kožená, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Karita Mattila, Catriona Morison, Dame Ann Murray, Paula Murrihy, Ema Nikolovska, Thomas Oliemans, Anne Sofie von Otter, Miah Persson, Christoph Prégardien, Theodore Platt, Thomas Quasthoff, Joan Rodgers, Dorothea Röschmann, Fatma Said, Michael Schade, Nicky Spence, Anne Schwanewilms, Frederica von Stade, Sir Bryn Terfel, William Thomas, Sarah Walker and Sonya Yoncheva. ![]()
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